Example sentences of "[not/n't] a [noun sg] [prep] this [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any string that is not a member of this class is ungrammatical . |
| 2 | Despite some earlier hesitations , it is now certain that A commits the tort of intimidation against C if he threatens B with conduct which is unlawful in relation to B and thereby intentionally causes B to act ( or refrain from acting ) in a way which causes damage to C. It is not a requirement of this tort that B's conduct be in any way unlawful in relation to C. An old illustration is Garret v. Taylor , where the plaintiff was the lessee of a quarry and alleged that the defendant had ‘ disturbed ’ his customers and his workmen by ‘ threatening to mayhem and vex them with suits if they had brought any stones . ’ |
| 3 | But we accept that there is not a customer for this work and we are getting on with the job of ensuring that the business as a whole continues to develop positively . |
| 4 | Unequal height terminals are not a problem with this system . |
| 5 | ‘ The fact is , Father , ’ he said , trying to keep the anger out of his voice , ‘ there 's not a man in this parish I 'd allow my daughter to marry ! ’ |
| 6 | The monk-bishop was not a rarity in this period ; many of the greatest bishops had been monks . |
| 7 | But that again , is not a matter for this court . |
| 8 | Tina herself was not a risk in this area because the man she had lived with longer than any other was paying her £50 a week for the children 's keep . |
| 9 | ‘ and not having attached thereto a sidecar ’ A flat tubular framework attached to a motor bicycle with a wheel on an axle welded to that framework is not a sidecar for this purpose ( Cox v Harrison , [ l 968 ] 3 All ER 8 11 ) . |
| 10 | But Qaddafi 's promise to abolish the state was not a policy in this sense : it was a promise to change the structure of political activity , and to do it in an area over which sovereigns have more or less complete control . |
| 11 | Whether or not a reform of this kind will lead , as Sir Keith Joseph maintained , to a general raising of standards of achievement , it has been interpreted as a further encroachment on the part of central government into what is taught and learned in schools . |
| 12 | It is important that it is not a whitewash in this school as there are things which need uncovering . |
| 13 | This was not a limitation in this analysis because endo-metriosis has to be diagnosed by laparoscopy or laparotomy . |
| 14 | Sri Lanka was not an exception in this regard . |
| 15 | My Lords , the G P funding hold er fund holders issue is not an issue in this case , er G P fund holders patients have direct access to any departments as do every other patient in the country er where a person needs accidents er and emergency treatment , My Lords they get it . |
| 16 | No one doubts the toxic properties of lead above such levels , and that is not an issue in this debate . |
| 17 | Is it not an indictment of this Government that , with the high levels of unemployment , young people can not get a grant-aided training course ? |
| 18 | It 's just common sense and proves what we 've always said that there is n't a need for this reservoir . |
| 19 | If you start early enough , there is n't a thing on this earth that can stand in the way of real determination — remember that . |
| 20 | Well , we 're anxious that there is n't an escalation of this crisis , that it may be dealed with as Brigadier Harbottle has written in a letter to the Guardian today , dealt with , er more through first of all an attempt by the Arab nations to come to some agreement amongst themselves and agreement which will satisfy them and be a more long-lasting one . |
| 21 | I mean , I I fully fully acknowledge that this Equal Opportunities Policy was initiated at a sub-committee on the ninth of October , ninety-two , so , you know , there is n't an argument on this occasion about previous conservative policies coming forward . |